Composite picture



Filed Nov. 15, 1941 2 Sheets Sheet l INVENTOR NW. Mm MK N Dec.22, 1942. J, H, MOORE 2,305,890

COMPOS ITE PICTURES Filed Nov. 13, 1941 -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Jay/v Hausa/v #0025 ATTORN EY-S Patented Dec. '22, 1942 COMPOSITE PICTURE John Hudson Moore, New YorkK N. Y., assignor to John Hudson Moore, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 13, 1941, Serial No. 419,038

3 Claims.

In a broad sense this invention relates to the art of composite pictures; and the object in view is to produce pictures wherein different objects or representations of objects are arranged on surfaces disposed in spaced vertical planes transverse to the line of vision, thus providing the illusion of a third-dimensional quality to the complete subject.

Specifically, the invention comprises a pair of spaced substantially parallel transparent inediums, one of said mediums constituting a fore ground and bearing the representation of an object on its outer surface, and the other of said mediums constituting a background and bearing the representation of a different object, preferably, applied in reverse to the opposing face of the background.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in which:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a bottle,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section along lines 21-31 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section along lines tt of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a similar view along lines $-b of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is a top plan of a modified type of bottle.

It will be understood that the fundamental principle of the invention may be carried out in diverse ways, but for the purpose of the instant disclosure 2. glass bottle has been selected as the subject upon which the composite picture is produced. And in the drawings, this bottle is designated generally by i0. Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, it is shown as being of rectangular contour with its obverse side II and its reverse side l2 suitably spaced and arranged in parallelism.

Side H comprises the foreground upon which the representation of any desired object may be placed. By way of example, a sail boat it is shown. The reverse side it constitutes the background, and in this instance, bears the representation of a seascape it.

Both components of the picture are naturally colored and relatively centered to create the most desired efiect. But of capitalimportance is the manner in which the components are incorporated as parts of the foreground and background of the picture. As might be presumed, the representation of the sail boat is applied to the outer transparent surface of the foreground by coating, painting, impressing, etching, by the Pechior process, or otherwise. However, the

augmented by the presence of a colorless fluid in the bottle.

It is also well to note that while the rears of the sail boat and the seascape (Figs. 2 and 4) are not worked out to the same degree of detall as their obverse" sides, nevertheless they retain sumcient ornateness and ample simulation of the finished representations to render the bottle decorative even though the bottle is reversed.

Manifestly, it is not essential that the foreground and background should lie in exact parallelism, as substantially the same efiect would obtain in the case of a bottle it, for example, like that exhibited in Fig. 6-elliptical in cross section.

In its broader aspects, the invention comprehends the employment not only of the various means described, but of equivalent means for perfog the recited functions. vFor example, the article upon which the composite picture is portrayed is not limited to a bottle or container. It may be a hollow cube without any opening-or closure; or it may be a solid cube of crystal glass or similar transparent material. Moreover, the ends, instead of the sides, of the article-in other words, any two bounding faces of the article which lie in substantial parallelism-wiil serve as foreground and a background. It is desired to reserve the right to efiectsuch changes and modifications as may come fairly within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article having a pair of spaced, substantially parallel transparent faces, one face constituting a foreground and bearing the representation of an object, said object having its back superimposed against the outer surface of the foreground, and the other face constituting a background and bearing the representation of a different object, said object having its front superimposed against the outer surface of the background, thereby making up a complete picture in stereoscopic relief.

2. An article having a pair of spaced, substantially parallel transparent faces, one face comprising a foreground and bearingthe representation of an object, and the other face comprising a background and bearing the representation substantially parallel transpment laces, one race 1 comprising a foreground and bearing the representation of an object, and the other race com I prising a background and bearing the representation of a diflerent object, the front or which corresponds to a nicety with the object on the foreground to produce a complete clear-cut picture in sterescopic relief, while the back or the latter object is an ornate simulation of its front.

JOHN HUDSON MOORE. 

